Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
A selected, source-based research collection for New Haven and Fairfield counties. Includes credited photographs where reusable images were located, historical interpretation and links to supporting records. It is a growing inventory, not an exhaustive survey. Photographs retain their individual dates and reuse terms; images do not establish present access conditions.

id: CT073-S01
title: Bridgeport History Center: Pleasure Beach history
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. Photographs of recreation and abandonment trace a shoreline landscape with several distinct lives.
url: https://bportlibrary.org/hc/entertainment/the-legend-of-pleasure-beach/
credit: Bridgeport History Center
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT073-S02
title: City of Bridgeport: current Pleasure Beach information
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. Photographs of recreation and abandonment trace a shoreline landscape with several distinct lives.
url: https://www.bridgeportct.gov/government/departments/parks-recreation/pleasure-beach
credit: City of Bridgeport
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT073-P01
title: Ghost Town - Pleasure Beach
kind: Photographs
date: 2009-09-24 13:21
institution: Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
summary: Kite aerial view of the Pleasure Beach peninsula, September 2009.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghost_Town_-_Pleasure_Beach.jpg
credit: Bill / CC BY 2.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY 2.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
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id: CT073-P02
title: Carousel at Pleasure Beach in Connecticut
kind: Photographs
date: 2008-05-25 14:52
institution: Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
summary: Abandoned carousel building at Pleasure Beach, May 2008.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carousel_at_Pleasure_Beach_in_Connecticut.jpg
credit: 826 PARANORMAL / CC BY-SA 2.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 2.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
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external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Carousel_at_Pleasure_Beach_in_Connecticut.jpg
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id: CT073-P03
title: Pleasure Beach Movie Theater August 2012
kind: Photographs
date: 2012-08-10
institution: Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
summary: Former Polka Dot Playhouse at Pleasure Beach, August 2012.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pleasure_Beach_Movie_Theater_August_2012.png
credit: Lastchance1291 / CC BY-SA 3.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 3.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/pleasure_beach-20602952.png
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external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Pleasure_Beach_Movie_Theater_August_2012.png
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id: ED-C-image-pass-019
title: Amusements at Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport, Conn (68444)
kind: Postcards
date: circa 1930–1945
institution: Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
summary: Linen-texture color postcard showing Pleasure Beach amusement rides. A color postcard advertises amusement attractions at Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amusements_at_Pleasure_Beach,_Bridgeport,_Conn_(68444).jpg
credit: Tichnor Brothers, publisher; Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers Collection, 06_10_004050 / 68444 / Boston Public Library via Wikimedia Commons
notes: Historical printed artwork from a real archival object, not a generated illustration. Commons asserts US publication without copyright notice. Printed historical artwork/postcard; not generated art or a modern photograph. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-US-no-notice per Commons
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id: ED-C-image-pass-020
title: Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, conductor LCCN98507291
kind: Posters
date: 1938
institution: Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
summary: Federal Music Project poster for a June27 Bridgeport Symphony performance at Pleasure Beach. Federal Music Project poster for the Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra at Pleasure Beach Park, conducted by Frank Foti.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridgeport_Symphony_Orchestra_-_Frank_Foti,_conductor_LCCN98507291.jpg
credit: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Library of Congress, LCCN 98507291 / Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons
notes: Primary repository http://lccn.loc.gov/98507291 and http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05284. A scan of historical poster artwork. Historical poster artwork.1938 comes from catalog; visible poster supplies month/day but not clearly the year. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-US-WPA; LOC no known restrictions
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id: ED-C-image-pass-021
title: WICC-AM antenna at Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport (53224178802)
kind: Photographs
date: 2023-09-30
institution: Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
summary: Pleasure Beach shoreline and WICC radio towers. WICC-AM antenna at Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport, photographed in 2023.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WICC-AM_antenna_at_Pleasure_Beach,_Bridgeport_(53224178802).png
credit: Ethan Long / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: Flickr license reviewed by Commons July 14, 2024; original https://flickr.com/photos/188360586@N03/53224178802 Modern view matches source. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: CC BY-SA 2.0
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